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On the Portal at Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch House, New Mexico
1960 · Gelatin silver print
35.3 x 27.9 cm. (13 7/8 x 11 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Todd Webb
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47
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71
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From the McAlpin Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966–1967
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Photographs for Collectors
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
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Photographs from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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Todd Webb was an American photographer known for his documentary approach to urban and architectural subjects in the postwar period. Working primarily in black and white, he captured the texture and detail of American cities and rural landscapes with a direct, unflinching eye. His practice emphasized the material fact of the photograph itself, rejecting sentimentality in favor of formal clarity and compositional precision. Webb's archive includes extensive bodies of work documenting vernacular architecture, street life, and industrial infrastructure across the United States.
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New York, US
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